MICHAEL CASEY, PLEASE CALL POLICE. AND NOW TIE HEALTH ALERT AFFECTING TRAVELERS RIGHT HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THE SECOND CASE OF MERS WAS REPORTED IN ORLANDO. TRAVELING TRAVELERS ARE BEING WARNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF INFECTION. LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER TODD TONGEN WITH MORE ON THIS. Reporter: CALVIN, THAT'S RIGHT. SOUTH FLORIDA TRAVELERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH AIRPORTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS THREAT. THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS THAT IT IS A CREDIBLE THREAT. THEY ARE TELLING PASSENGERS ABOUT IT, THEY ARE INFORMING THEM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO SAYING DON'T PANIC. THE SPREAD OF THE POTENTIALLY DEADLY MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME ALSO NO ONE AS MERS HAS PROMPTED ACTION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. AT 22 INTERNATIONAL AIRPLANES INCLUDING MIAMI INTERNATIONAL, FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS NOT ONE OF THE ARENDS TARGETED BECAUSE IT NOT HAVE HAVE ANY DIRECT FLIGHTS FOR THE ARABIAN PENS LAW. M.I.A. DOES. THERE HAVE BEEN 500 CASES OF MERS IN 17 DIFFERENT CRIBS TWO OF THE CASES IN UNITED STATES. THERE HAVE BEEN 145 DEATHS. HOWEVER, THE TWO HEALTHCARE WORKERS THAT WERE IN SAUDI ARABIA AND CAME THE TO UNITED STATES AR LIVE AND BEING TREATED FOR THE VIRUS. THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOSPITALS THAT TOOK CARE OF THOSE TWO PATIENTS DID NOT GET INFECTED, SO IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY CONTAINED. IT'S VERY LOW RISK, AND IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO CASES IN THE UNITED STATES. OF COURSE, WE'RE ON THE LOOKOUT, WE'RE VIGILANT. Reporter: THE MOST RECENT FLORIDA CASE WAS A 44-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA HON MAN WHO FLEW TO BOSTON BE ATLANTA. M.A.I.'S TERMINAL E AND D YOU WILL SEE THE SMALL SPINES THERE'S NO KNOWN VACCINE OR SPECIAL TREATMENT 4 MERS BUT THE C.D.C. SAYS THE WARNING IS OUT OF, QUOTE, AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. I MEAN, YOU NEED TO BE INFORMED. I THINK IT'S VERY GOOD THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT. GREAT IDEA. YOU DON'T SEEM OVERLY CONCERNED. BUT PROBABLY A GOOD THING PEOPLE KNOW THE SYMPTOMS TO LOOK OUT FOR. YEAH, I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN PICK THAT UP AT HOSPITALS. OF COURSE I'M GOING TAKE PRECAUTION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET SANDRA BULLOCK THE MESSAGE IS VERY SIMPLE. THERE IS NO REASON TO PANIC. JUST BE AWARE. BE ALERT. Reporter: THEY ARE URGING TRAVELERS TO USE GOOD HYGIENE, WASH YOUR HANDS, IF YOU HAVE TO COUGH OR SNEEZE DO IT INTO YOUR ARM. ALSO BEWARE OF ANY PASSENGERS AROUND YOU.

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The spread of the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory syndrome has become more serious and urgent at 22 international airports, including Miami International Airport.

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport is not one of the airports targeted by the Centers for Disease Control, because it does not have any direct international flights to the Arabian peninsula. Miami International does.

There have been 500 cases of MERS worldwide, in 17 different countries, resulting in 145 deaths. Two cases have been in the United States. However, the two American health care workers that were in Saudi Arabia and came to the U.S. are being treated for the Coronavirus.

The most recent Florida case was a 44-year-old man who entered the U.S. through Boston, then flew to Atlanta, and then finally to Orlando.

That has prompted the CDC to post health warnings at international security check points at airports. At MIA you will find the small signs outside security check points in terminal E and D.

There is no known vaccine or special treatment for MERS, but the CDC says out of an abundance of caution it has taken action to inform travelers of the symptoms, and that the risk to the general public remains very low.

"The individuals in the hospitals that took care of those two patients did not get infected, so it is probably already contained," said Dr. Nabil El Sanadi, the Broward Sheiff Medical Director. "It is very low risk and there have only been two cases in the United States. Of course, we are on the look out. We are vigilant and we are always going to pay attention to people that come in with a symptom complex."

Many travelers, however, are still concerned.

"I am concerned because I know you can pick that up in hospitals," said Darren McMannis. "Hospitals don't like to advertise it, but I am concerned. It is highly contagious being on a small plane or even a large aircraft."

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